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Five races over 2 days at the RYA Northern Ireland Youth Championships saw an impressive straightline scorecard of race wins to Lucy Kane/Emma Gallagher.

The 420 Eastern Europe Championship marked the final 420 Class Championship of 2019, hosted in Elektrenai, Lithuania from 19-22 September.

The International 420 Class is heading to the Hermanus Yacht Club in South Africa for a Coaches and Sailors Clinic under the expert coaching of Michalis Mileos (GRE).

420 Class alumni and two-tme Olympic medallist in the 470, Hannah Mills, has launched the Big Plastic Pledge, harnessing the reach of sport to inspire millions to reduce their plastic usage.

Two days of racing now completed at the 420 Eastern Europes in Lithuania features a podium 1,2,3 for Polish 420 teams.

There is exciting news for the Australian 420 fleet with high profile international coach Michalis Mileos (GRE) and International 420 Class Association Vice-President José Massapina (POR) coming to the Brighton and Seacliff Yacht Club in Adelaide to run a High Performance clinic for Australian sailors and coaches.

Launched in 2019, the inaugural EUROSAF 420 Race Circuit was a huge success, attracting over 324 teams competing across the three age/gender categories.

The 2019 Croatian 420 National Championships was hosted from 13-15 September at JK Marina Kastela, located just north-west of Split.

The annual Federazione Italiana Vela Campionati Italiani Giovanili 2 was hosted in Bari, Italy with eighty-one 420 teams in the line-up from 6-9 September 2019.

Seven wins from eight races saw complete domination from Ross Mackinnon/Alex Falcon at the opening event of the Southern Charter Classic series hosted at Zeekoe Vlei Yacht Club in South Africa.